Elemental Shaman PvE Guide – WotLK Classic (Nov 2023)

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Easy mode choices summary for Elemental Shaman

Type	Top Choice	Popularity
Main Hand	Kickin' Nass: Quest Completion	3%
Off Hand	Risen Ghoul Spawn-In	14%
Trinkets	Flare of the Heavens	29%
Head	Destroy Ghoul	51%
Neck	Open Burblegobble's Bauble	8%
Shoulders	Thrall's Shoulderpads of Triumph	7%
Back	Mutilate	5%
Chest	Forcecast Summon Moodle	22%
Wrist	Twin Disciplines	7%
Hands	Pestilence	5%
Waist	Soul Blast	13%
Legs	Corroded Mind	13%
Feet	Icy Touch	12%
Rings	Riding Trainer Advertisement	27%

Main Hand for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Kickin' Nass: Quest Completion	3%
Everlasting Affliction	2%
Suffering's End	2%
Northrend Nerubian Mount (Test)	1%
Maul	1%
Wyrmrest Vanquisher Dummy	1%
Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings	1%
Aesuga, Hand of the Ardent Champion	1%

Off Hand for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Risen Ghoul Spawn-In	14%
Bastion of Purity	3%
Scroll of Stamina IV	1%
Death Strike	1%

Trinkets for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Flare of the Heavens	29%
Script Cast Summon Image of Drakuru 03	6%
Flight	5%
Reign of the Dead	3%
Copy of Increase Spell Dam 121	3%
Armor Penetration 273	2%
Molten Flame	1%
Flame Fury	1%
Pit Trap	1%

Head for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Destroy Ghoul	51%
Thrall's Helm of Triumph	12%
Boulder Toss	6%
Nobundo's Helm of Triumph	5%
Nobundo's Helm of Triumph	2%

Neck for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Open Burblegobble's Bauble	8%
Focus Beam	4%
Claw	3%
Throw Paper Flying Machine	2%
forcejumpchargetest	1%
[PH] Teleport: Valgarde -> Menethil	1%

Shoulders for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Thrall's Shoulderpads of Triumph	7%
Blood Mirror	5%
Thrall's Shoulderpads of Triumph	3%
Nobundo's Shoulderpads of Triumph	3%
Summon Sanguine Spirit	2%
Nobundo's Shoulderpads of Triumph	1%
Pet OnKill Steal Essence - Get Target	1%
Kill Credit Jospehine 01	1%

Back for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Mutilate	5%
Dusk Shaman Ritual Channel	2%
Lich Wrappings	1%
Boil Blood	1%
Rupture	1%
Drape of the Messenger	1%
Aethas' Intensity	1%

Chest for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Forcecast Summon Moodle	22%
Thrall's Hauberk of Triumph	4%
Thrall's Hauberk of Triumph	2%
Lightning Ring	1%
Nobundo's Hauberk of Triumph	1%

Wrist for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Twin Disciplines	7%
Bindings of Winter Gale	6%
Dispersion	2%
Incite	1%

Hands for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Cosmetic - Smoking Corpse	5%
Pestilence	5%
Thrall's Gloves of Triumph	3%
Thrall's Gloves of Triumph	3%
Nobundo's Gloves of Triumph	2%

Waist for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Soul Blast	13%
Arcane Torrent	5%
Corrosive Spit	5%
Cleave	2%
Cord of Biting Cold	2%

Legs for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Corroded Mind	13%
Water Spout	6%
Blood Mirror	2%
Toalu'u's Spiritual Incense	1%

Feet for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Icy Touch	12%
Worgen Transform Spell	11%
Jormungar Bite	3%
Cosmetic Steam Blast	1%
Critical Block	1%

Rings for Elemental Shaman

Name	Popularity
Riding Trainer Advertisement	27%
Nebula Band	11%
Summon Crusader Jonathan	2%
Sacrifice	2%
Lichborne	2%
Improved Moonkin Form	2%
Ancestral Awakening	1%
Toss Grenade	1%

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